"We tell it as it is"

Number 78
SKYLOOK
The UFO Monthly May, 1974

OFFICIAL PUBLICATION OF MUTUAL UFO NETWORK, INC.

This photo, allegedly taken near Conejo, Cali- Sky look by MUFON photo analyst Adrian Vance. See
fornia, in 1973, is evaluated in this issue of pages 6 and ?.
 In This Issue UFO exchange program?
Around the Network 4 The desirability of a world-wide network of UFO
Symposium program schedule 5 researchers has been emphasized many times. The
Cone jo photo 6 most important reason for such a network, of
1951 sighting revealed 8 course, is the need to exchange information re-
West Coast report 9 garding sightings and research. And while .com-
In Others' Words 10 paratively few persons interested in UFO's have
Ezekiel, engineering, and theology 11 the opportunity of visiting their counterparts
Pennsylvania sightings 12 overseas, the possibility of personal contacts
Mysterious metal ball 13 in foreign countries should not be overlooked.
UFO's Behind the Iron Curtain 14 One such visit was arranged for Dr. J. Allen
Oklahoma sighting of wildy-lighted UFO 15 Hynek by Harold H. Fulton, MUFON director for
Physicist Edward Condon dies 16 New Zealand, in September of 1973. Fulton
Brothers report chase by flying lights 19 checked with the four New Zealand UFO groups for
UFO over Turin, Italy 20 their reactions, then set about working out a
travel schedule. The anticipated one-week visit
turned out to be only half that, since Dr. Hynek
SKYLOOK has been designated the official publication of the also wanted to stop in New Guinea, American
Mutual UFO Network; however, membership in MUFON is not Samoa, and Australia. Even so, plans were made
required to subscribe to Skylook, and membership in MUFON
does not automatically include a subscription to Skylook. Mem- to provide the type of fact-finding tour of New
bership in MUFON, which is $2.00 per year and by invitation, is Zealand which Dr. Hynek originally had in mind.
handled through the MUFON office, 40 Christopher Court, Led by MUFON Field Investigator Bruce Harding,
Quincy, III. 62301. a six-man team set up a three-hour stopover for
Advertising is available in Skylook at 10$ per word, $1.25 per Dr. Hynek in Christchurch, which was covered ex-
display line, or $5 per display inch (lx3'/ 2 ). Minimum charge $5. tensively by the media. With four others, Fulton
Advertisements subject to approval of editor. met Dr. Hynek at Wellington Airport, where again
Skylook, the UFO Monthly, is published monthly by Dwight there was coverage by the media. From there Dr.
Connelly, 26 Edgewood Drive, Quincy, Illinois 62301. Subscription rates: United Hynek was taken to the home of MUFON Field In-
States and Canada, $5.00 per year; foreign, $6.00 per year; 50 cents per copy. vestigator Drew Kefelas, which became the center
Second class postage paid at Quincy, IL. 62301 for the visitor's 25-hour stay in Wellington.
Witnesses to UFO sightings were brought to the
Kefelas home by Kefelas and MUFON Field Investi-
Skylook gator Kevin Drake. Paul Norman, public relations
The UFO Monthly officer of the Victorian UFO Research Group, hap-
26 Edgewood Drive pened to be in Wellington, so he was invited to
Quincy, IL. 62301 meet with Dr. Hynek, and Fulton expresses hope
that the visit renewed liaison with Victoria.
Dwight Connelly From Wellington, Dr. Hynek went to Aukland,
where Henk J. Hinfelaar acted as his host. Again,
Editor-Publisher Dr. Hynek was afforded the opportunity of talking
with witnesses to UFO sightings. Also on hand was
Mrs. Carolyn Connelly
Tony Brunt, who had founded the Aukland Univer-
Business Manager sity UFO Research Group.
Staff:
Fulton reports that Dr. Hynek had the oppor-
tunity of talking with witnesses to some first
Public Relations: class sightings during his visit, including a
Mrs. Rosetta Holmes
daylight sighting by six adult witnesses exterd-
1690 Hill Drive West Coast Coordinator ing over an hour. The extensive press coverage
Carlyle, 111. 62231 Bob Kirkpotrick of Dr. Hynek tended to bring out additional re-
ports, according to Fulton.
Walter H Andrus Mark Herbstritt This visit by Dr. Hynek illustrates the poten-
40 Christopher Court 927 Theresia St.
Quincy, I I I 62301 St. Marys, Pa. 15857 tial for combining travel with UFO research.
While most of us do not carry the credentials or
Norma E. Short Ted Phillips
Box 129 P.O. Box 615 fame of a -:Dr. Hynek, many Skylook readers do
Stover, Mo. 65078 Sedalia, Mo b5301 fit into the category of serious UFO researchers,
Joseph M. Brill David A. Schroth and thus would be welcomed by their counterparts
228 N. 12th St. 4517 A Pennsylvania overseas. Likewise, most of us would be more
Quincy, 111. 62301 St. Louis, Mo. 63111
than willing to host our friends from other
Lucius Parish John F. Schuessler countries. Such visits could add a great deal of
Route 1 P.O. Box 9
Plumerville, Ark. 72127 O'Fallon, Mo. 63366 knowledge and enjoyment to our somewhat unique
avocation.
 Director's Message
By Walt Andrus
Professor E. J. Planz, State Director for.Ala-
bama, has appointed two college instructors .from
Alexander City State Junior College as State-
Section Directors. William B. Carr, P.O. -Box
699, Alexander City, Alabama 35010, telephone
AC 205 283-2542, a biologist by profession, is
responsible for the counties of Tallapoosa, Cham-
bers, Clay, and Randolph. John A. Cookorinis.
1425 Flint Street, Montgomery, Alabama 36107,
telephone AC 205 263-2839, has been assigned
Montgomery, Lowndes, Autauga, and Elmore count-
ies. John not only has a Master's Degree in
Physics, but he is an amateur astronomer, having
an eight-inch Reflecting Dyna-Scope by Criterion
Telescope.
Ted Bloecher,. author of the book, "Report on
the UFO Wave of 1947," has recently agreed to
accept greater responsibilities in MUFON as
State-Section Director for metropolitan New York
City, Nassau, and Suffolk counties. Ted resides
at 317 East 83rd Street, New York, New York
10028, and may be contacted by telephone at AC
212 TR9-3099. Ted has expanded, his. specialization
from early "modern" UFO reports (1947-1951) to.
the collection and organization of occupant ref-
erences which now number 1000 cases. He will ap-
preciate receiving details on occupant cases from
MUFON members.
Through the outstanding work of James E. Kloep-
pel, State Director of .Astronomy for Iowa, Law-
rence A. Lacey, D.V.M., 9 West 40th, Sioux City,
Iowa 51104, telephone AC 712.258-1568, has been
appointed State Section Director for Woodbury,
Sioux, Plymouth, Ida, Monona, and Cherokee coun-
ties, Dr. Lacey, also an amateur astronomer, has
a Criterion 6Tinch Dyna-Scope.
Joe Brill, International Coordinator, is ex-
tremely proud to make the following appointments:
Ernst.Berger, a very active UFO researcher in
Vienna, has volunteered to serve as a Field In-
vestigator and Correspondent for Austria. Jose
Victor Scares, Caixa Postal 72, Gravatay, R.G.S.
94000, Brazil, is our new Foreign Representative
to Brazil. Jose is a member of other UFO organ-
izations, such as SBEDV in Brazil, SOBEPS in
Belgium, and ADIASA in Spain.
Harold E. Cowdin, State Director for Iowa, has
appointed. Forrest. R. .Lundberg, 208 W. llth St.,
Apt. 44, Des Moines, Iowa 50309, telephone AC 515
282-7139, as State-Section Director for Polk and
Warren counties. Forrest is to be highly com-"
mended for'his enthusiasm and leadership in or-
ganizing a new UFO Study .Group .in Des Moines di-
rectly affiliated with MUFON., Their first meet-
ing at the Y.W.C.A. on March 21 has been success-
fully followed with a second on April 19, 1974,
at the Howley Welfare Building.- Forrest.has done
a fine public relations job in a . very conserva-
tive UFO community. Space in! SKYLOOK is .at a
premium; however, I would like to digress from
policy and publish the names of a few of our new
members from Des Moines, due to their exceptional
caliber—Desmond H. Bragg, Ph.D. (Drake Univer-
sity), John H. Lethcoe, Jr. (East H. S. teacher
and amateur radio K0DLP), Julia Hockett (MENSA),
Heloise M. Allen (MENSA), Richard C. Edwards, and
Mrs.. Idela Patterson.. Keep up the fine work,
Forrest"and Harold.
Ralph and Judy Blum's new book, "Beyond Earth:
Man's Contact with UFO's,"(Bantam Book T8374) has
resulted in a-deluge of mail seeking additional
information about MUFON from readers. Numerous
MUFON Staff, Directors, and Consultants are ac-
knowledged by Ralph for their contributions and
cooperation in helping to, make his book an im-
mediate success. Ralph has shared with the
readers of his book the vast accumulation of UFO
information .that he assimilated in preparation
for the now defunct "NBC White Paper on UFO's,"
We are all looking forward to hearing:Ralph speak
at our Eifth Annual UFO Symposium, when he'will
concentrate upon the 1973 mid-October UFO -sight-
ings.
Radio hams invited
to Symposium luncheon
This is a call to all amateur radio operators
(often called "hams" for short) to come to the
special luncheon meeting of the MUFON Radio Net
at the June 22 MUFON Symposium in Akron. Purpose
of the meeting Is to get better acquainted, since
many of those who check into the net regularly
have never seen each other, and also to discuss
net operation and possible added net schedules at
other times and frequencies. Bill Armstrong,
W0NC,.. will preside at the luncheon and the dis-
cussion will be handled by Ron Anderson, WA9PAM,
Director of the MUFON Amateur Radio Communication
At present the MUFON Radio Net meets every Satur-
day morning at 8 a.m. Central Time on 3975 Kilo-
Hertz. See March 1974 SKYLOOK, page 14, for more
details.
Wives, families, girl friends will all.be wel-
come at the luncheon. If you plan to attend, be
sure to so indicate by checking the box for MUFON
Radio Net Luncheon on the advance registration
form. Payment for the luncheon will be arranged
on June 22.
1974 Symposium
June 22 in Akron
Plans are firmlng-up for the Fifth Annual UFO
Symposium sponsored by the Mutual UFO Network in
Akron, Ohio, on June 22, 1974. Hosting this sym-
posium will be the Flying Saucer Investigating
Committee (FSIC) in Akron, and the Cleveland
UFOlogy Project (CUP) at the Akron-Cascade Plaza
Holiday Inn, 5 Cascade Plaza, Akron, Ohio 44308.
Speakers for the Symposium and their subjects
are: Ralph Blum, "From Scoffer, to Skeptic, to
Believer ,in Twelve Hectic Months"; Walter H.
Andrus, "The Mutual UFO Network and Its Inter-
face with the Center for UFO Studies"; Ted Phil-
lips, "UFO Landing Case Traces"; Rev. Barry H.
Downing, Ph. D., "Religion and UFO's: The Ex-
trasensory Problem"; Marjorie E. Fish, "Journey
Into the Hill Star Map"; Berthold E. Schwarz,
M.D., "PSI, Saucers, and Psychiatry"; and Stanton
T. Friedman, "Flying Saucers and Physics."
Larry Moyers, MUFON State Director for Ohio,
will introduce the speakers and the Mayor of
Akron will deliver a short welcoming statement.
Two additional papers will be published in the
1974 MUFON Symposium Proceedings along with the
above listed prepared speeches. Stan Gordon,
MUFON State Director for Pennsylvania, will share Berthold Eric Schwarz, M.D.
his study of "The Possible Relationship of Crea-
ture and UFO Sightings," and Eugene Burt, author and $4 per night for each additional person oc-
of the book "UFO'a and Diomgnetlsm" and a science cupying the room.
teacher In Memphis, Tenn., will explore his The Akron Convention Committee has volunteered
theory for the power source of UFO'a. their complete support to the MUFON Symposium
The Annual Corporate Meeting of the Mutual UFO which promises that the arrangements and services
Network is scheduled for Sunday, June 23, 1974, will be outstanding. Detailed ticket prices for
from 9 a. m. to 12 noon at the Holiday Inn in the Symposium sessions and dinners were not
conjunction with the Symposium. Amateur Radio available to meet the publishing deadline of this
Operators are invited to make advanced reserva- issue of SKTLOOK, but will appear in the May
tions to attend the special luncheon Saturday issue. There will again be a special "package
noon for the MUFON NET with Dr. Willard P. Arm- price", for the entire Symposium. The easing of
strong, W0NC, presiding. Tentative plans are be- the gas shortage is very encouraging, so make
ing made for a workshop session Sunday afternoon plans now to attend the 1974 MUFON UFO Symposium.
dealing with the techniques of UFO field Inves-
tigations, moderated by Ron Westrum Ph. D., MUFON
Consultant In Sociology. Ideas generated during
Fortean meeting set
The second annual convention of the Interna-
this round-table discussion will be utilized in tional Fortean Organization (INFO)—and the cen-
the preparation of the second.edition to MUFON's tenary celebration of Charles Fort's birth—will
"Field Investigators' Manual." be held August 9-11, 1974, at the Shoreham Ameri-
Hotel and motel accommodations in Akron will cana Hotel in Washington, D.C.
be arranged by the individual participants (ex- Called "Fortfeet '74," the meeting will Include
cept speakers) directly with the motel reserva- information and speakers on UFOs and typical For-
tions department. For the convenience of those tean phenomena which may or may not be related to
attending, 180 rooms have already been "blocked- UFOs. Richard Hall, State Director of MUFON for
off" at the Akron-Cascade Holiday Inn for our Maryland and D.C., and a UFO consultant for INFO,
Symposium attendees. Tour local Holiday Inn would reports that he attended last year's convention
be happy to make your reservations through their and that INFO does high quality work and is fact-
HOLIDEX Computer System and confirm in writing. ually oriented.
The Holiday Inn Directory states that the regular Registration is $10 for INFO members and $16
room price at the Akron-Cascade Plaza is $18 per for non-members. Write: INFO, P.O. Box 367, Ar-
night with either one or two beds for one person; lington, Virginia 22210, Telephone: (703) 528-
$23 for two people for the same accommodations; 1263 or (703) 979-5179.
Hynek views UFO scene
Dr. J. Allen Hynek of Northwestern University
told an audience of about 150 on March 3 at Mc-
Kendree College, Lebanon, 111., that interest In
UFO'a ia at an all-tine high.
Disclaiming any political allusions or in-
sinuations, he observed that when one compares
several recent Gallup polls, one sees that more
people today believe in UFO's than believe In
President Nixon.
As he has done frequently. Dr. Hynek Illus-
trated his talk with slides and cartoons, point-
ing out the persistent ridicule with which the
cartoonists have approached the UFO phenomenon,
and distinguishing six basic categories of UFO
reports.
Dr. Hynek mentioned one occupant report which
apparently has not been publicized yet in any of
the UFO literature, possibly because the witness-
es have asked for anonymity. He also described
this sighting In a speech made at Stanford Uni-
versity in February. The sighting was as follows:
"This one occurred about two months ago in New
Hampshire," said Dr. Hynek. "This man and his
wife had just gone to bed when the man saw a
light coming under the door.* He got up, turned
the light off in the living room, and found that
the living room was dark and the light was coming
from the outside. He had a dog which was rather
vicious. (In fact, when our Investigator went
there, the dog wouldn't let him through until he
was called off.) The man went to the door, opened
it, and found that the illumination was coming In
from outside In the region of these two creatures
(a slide is projected on the screen showing a
line drawing of two humanolds)i The dog rushed
out, got half way to the creatures, stopped
short, his hair bristled and stood on end, and he
came cringing back to the house. And what do you
suppose those creatures were doing? They were
picking up rocks and putting them into a bag.
This case had only two witnesses. It never hit
the papers, and the people simply didn't want
their names used at all."
Dr. Hynek was quoted in a recent press release
that he doesn't have a theory abcut what UFO's
are. "I don't necessarily believe that we are
being visited," he said. la a recent issue of
Family Weekly, Dr. Hynek was asked, "When you
were In charge of the Air Force's UFO inquiry,
you rejected the existence of UFO's. Now you
verify the experience of two men In Mississippi
who say three creatures spirited them aboard a
flying saucer. What gives?" Dr. Hynek replied*
VI did examine these men under hypnosis, and have
stated their experience was very real. I have not
changed my mind about apace visitors. But I have
changed my mind about UFO's being simple misper-
ceptions of common things. I am now quite con-
vinced that we do have a very real and as yet un-
explained phenomenon going on. I believe people
who report UFO'a are sincere, and I, for one.
cannot explain many of the things they describe.
We must, however, remember that the "U" in UFO
simply means "unidentified"—not necessarily vis-
itors from outer space."
Following his talk at McKendree College, he and
MUFON secretary Ted Phillips answered questions
from the audience. Concerning speculation regard-
Ing UFO's and the ETI (extraterrestrial Intelli-
gence) hypothesis, Dr. Hynek commented, "UFO's
are a real phenomenon, but this 'visitation from
outside earth' may not be an explanation....Sup-
pose— and I say this as pure imagination—suppose
a thought-form can be projected elsewhere and
have it materialize there—sort of 'beamed down'
a la 'Star Trek1? Or, another possibility is: how
do we know that the things that we see around us
represent the sum total of our environment? Kay-
be, as some mystics and other people have told us
for centuries, there are other planes of exist-
ence...."
When asked if he thinks the USAF or other gov-
ernment agency is withholding information on
UFO's, he replied, "I would have to say that I
think so. Because I know that while I was a part
of Blue Book, there were a number of cases that
never got into Blue Book....It does seem unlikely
that, as active as this government is in all
sorts of investigations, that this wouldn't be
being touched by somebody."
Bringing the evening to a close, Dr. Hynek men-
tioned an upcoming NBC White Paper on UFO's,
which he Is working on. It Is to be aired in Sep-
tember in prime time, with Rod Serling as the
narrator. "So at long last, I'm becoming a Holly-
wood star," he quipped. "We're getting some very
Interesting things from NASA, and, believe it or
not, from the Air Force as well. It's going to be
a blockbuster."
Dr. Hynek's book, "The UFO Experience," which
has become one of the most widely-accepted publi-
cations on the subject, will be released in
paperback in May by Ballantlne.
(Reported by David R. Schroth. Background clip-
pings provided by Bob Klrkpatrick, Charles Kahl-
ert, Luclous Parish, and Angelo Capparella.)
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is a dopy'of the photo allegedly taken by
two youths on Feb. 8, 19733with a Polaroid camera
near Conejo, Calif. The two estimated that the
Conejo photo similar to others
In an adjoining article, Adrian Vance analyses
a photo reportedly taken by two Conejo, Calif.,
youths on Feb. 8, 1973. Following is an account
of the incident from the March 20, 1973, Thousand
Oaks, Calif., News-Chronicle.
The two youths, Richard Coimbra and Kurt Huet-
tner, both 15, were reportedly shooting still
photos for a class project when they noticed the
object. Prior to sighting the object, they had
seen commercial planes in ' the vicinity, and at
first thought the object was a plane. One of the
boys reported that the object "was silent." There
was "no hum flame, or smoke, and it looked to be
rotating. We saw it for about 30 seconds, then
it went behind the trees and clouds and out'of
view."
They estimate that it was about 800 feet in
the air, and perhaps a half to three-fourths of a
mile away. Huettner estimated the diameter of
the object at about 70 feet. Both said the object
speculated that it was some kind of device being
tested by the government, but Coimbra thought
that intelligent life from some other galaxy
mighty have been piloting the craft.
r
object was one-half to three-fourths of a mile a-
way, and about 800 feet above the ground.
Seven months earlier, in the summer of 1972,
two 14-year-old boys, strangers to Huettner and
Coimbra, reported a similar sighting in the same
general area, according to the News-Chronicle.
The youths, who wish to remain anonymous (Skylook
does not know their identities), were reportedly
camping in the back yard at one of their homes
one night when they saw someting "half round and
very bright with 'three diamond-shaped things on
it." These were "pretty big" and brighter than
the rest of the object.
"It went too fast to be a jet," one of the boys
said, "and it made no noise." He described it as
looking flat-surfaced, then taking on a saucer
shape when it banked. He added that a light
seemed to be coming from it, and also advancing
before it. The other youth said, "It was large
and either grey or silver. There was no moon, but
we could see it pretty good with the binoculars."
He added that it was flying pretty high and glid-
ing effortlessly, and making no noise. The fam-
ily of one of the boys reportedly sat up for five
or six evenings watching in the same general di-
rection, but without success.
 Conejo photo:
as analysis
On Feb. 8, 1973, at 4:45 p.m. two 15-year-old
youths observed and took a picture of a UFO with
a Polaroid "Square Shooter" camera near Conejo,
Calif. The young men estimated that the object
was a>out 800 feet in the air and one-half to
three-quarters of a mile from their position.
The UFO appears to be a domed disc, tilted
slightly with a bright light emanating from a
large area or port on the bottom of the vehicle. An extreme enlargement of the Conejo print,
Examination of the print shows that the image is which was. originally shot on Polariod color film,
almost exactly two millimeters in width. Inas- shows an image which is not nearly as sharp as
much as the camera has a focal lenght of 114 mm would be the case with a better lens and a fine
we can use the ratio of 2/114 to estimate the grain black and white film. The photo appears to
UFO's diameter if we can determine the object be authentic, however, according to the findings
distance. Lieutenant Colonel R.F. Bowker, United of Mr. Vance. •. > •
States Air Force Retired, investigated the sight-
ing for MUFON and determined that the tree seen
in the picture was 96 feet from the camera posi-
tion. The image of the tree is very crisp and the
portion of sky that was photographed shows high
level cloud formations with very little ground
haze. The quality of the UFO image.is such that
we conclude that it was no less than 1000 feet
from the camera and probably more like 2000 to
3000 feet quoted by the young men. At 1000 feet
the UFO would have a diameter of 18 feet, at a
distance of 2000 feet its diameter would be 36
feet and at 3000 feet the object would be 54 feet
in diameter. We favor the 2000 foot estimate
with the UFO's diameter on the order of 30 feet.
The image indicates that the object is rather
flat on the. bottom and if we make such an as-
sumption the oblate appearance of the image can
be used to determine the degree of tilt. If the
dome-like top is excluded, measurements of an
enlargement provided by Colonel Bowker indicate
that the oblateness is in the ratio 13/31, or
0.238, which is the sine of 14°, the degree of
tilt. This is a shallow degree of tilt and it
appears that if we could tip the object to ver-
tical the aspect ratio, including the upper dome,
would be about 1:4, heighth to width. In addi-
tion, the undersides would appear to curve down- This photo, which bears some resemblance to the
ward slightly to the light-emitting port, or Conejo picture, was reportedly taken in March,
panel, which includes one-third of the underside 1967, by Augusta Arranda of Lima, Peru, while
diameter. The area of the port, or panel, ap- visiting a . friend at lungay in the Huascaran
pears to be flat or open and described only by mountains. It was allegedly shot with a 40-year .
the outer ring of the vehicle itself. old Voigt lander camera,, using color film.
The object bears considerable similarity to
the object photographed in Oregon on Nov. 22, tiple image phenomenon seen in the Oregon Photo-
1966, by an anonymous biochemist. The analysis graph, .but the observation suggests a much more
of that photograph was outlined in our own story casual cruising locomotion than the rapid escape
"The Oregon Photograph" in PhotoGraphic Magazine, pattern seen by the Oregon witness-photographer.
January, 1973. Both of these vehicles are possi- The Conejo photograph appears'to be authentic.
bly the same size, much the same shape, but dif- The young men have made a good Impression on the
fer in color with the Conejo UFO appearing to investigators who have talked with them. Their
have a silver top and the Oregon UFO having an story is consistent with the photographic evi-
observed "gold" or yellow upper surface. dence, and what they have recorded is consistent
The Conejo photograph does not show the mul- with other pictures of UFO's.

The object observed by the Scwell family in
1951 first moved slowly along a row of trees,
then disappeared completely before coming back,
past the house. When the object passed near the
Family Reveals 1951 UFO Sighting
A close-up, daytime, multi-witness sighting of
what appears to have been a UFO was revealed pub-
licly for the first time in February, 23 years
after the incident reportedly occurred. Mem-
bers of the Sowell family had kept quiet about
what they had seen on a Louisiana farm on Jan. 1,
1951, until the recent flap and the attendant
discussion by scientists.
In an article in the Feb. 5, 1974, Huntsville,
Alabama, Times, science writer Barry J. Casebolt
tells the long-delayed story, based on an inter-
view with Mrs. Katie Sowell, a medical secretary,
who now lives in Huntsville. -At the time of the
reported sighting she had been visiting relatives
while her husband, who is a pilot and a retired
Department of Defense employee, was out of state.
At about 7 a.m. on the morning of Jan. 1, 1951,
on a farm near Oak Grove, La., her brother-
in-law, who operated the farm, ran back into the
house, very excited, and "told everybody to get
up and outside in a hurry," Mrs. Sowell recalls.
"He said there was a flying saucer out there...
between the barn and the house."
About a dozen people ran out of the house to
see the craft as it "swooooooshed" from west to
RE VOL VED COUNTERCLOCKWISE
house, the witnesses got a close look at the
side, top, and bottom, (Sketch by Roland Throne-
berry, for the Jiuntsville, Alabama, Times)
east, turning counterclockwise as it moved over
nearby trees about one-fourth mile from, the'
house. "It was going on a straight course, from
west to east," stated Mrs. Sowell, "It was going
at a very slow rate of speed, and it sort of dar-
ted instead of moving steadily."
The sky was described as being clear and blue,'
there was no fog or haze, and the sun was up over
the horizon.
The' family watched the craft for 15 to 20
minutes, as it darted around the farm. Finally,
it banked and "just disappeared straight up. It
was completely out of sight for a second or two,"
said Mrs. Sowell. At one point the craft altered
its course to move past the house, enabling the
witnesses to see the top, bottom, and side of the
object. .
Windows, apparently not- transparent, were
sandwiched between the two upside saucers, ac-
cording to Mrs. Sowell. The witnesses "tried our
best to see in the windows that looked like glass
but we couldn't see anything." She estimated the
diameter of the craft at 30 to 50 feet, about the
size of her six-room house, and described the
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West Coast report
Local 'hotline' established
By Bob Kirkpatrick
Skylook West Coast Coordinator
SANTA ANA --In January, United Press Inter-
national moved a story reporting that Dr. J.
Allen Hynek, head of Northwestern University's
Department of Astronomy and for years one of the
leading authorities on UFOs, had established a
Center for UFO Studies.
The story also revealed that. Hynek had sent out
some 4,000 letters to law enforcement agertcies
throughout the U.S. furnishing them with a pri-
vate UFO "hotline" number to the center, with in-
structions for handling UFO - reports from citi-
zens.
The "hotline" channel has carried a number of
calls, many of which have been relayed back to
the area in which the UFO incident occurred so
that UFO investigators could interview the indi-
viduals involved.
In a parallel]effort to channel citizens' UFO
reports in the Los Angeles and Orange counties
area, The Register has been publishing weekly an
area "hotline" number—the 24-hour telephone num-
ber of the California UFO Research Institute
headed by UFO Researcher and lecturer Stanton T.
Friedman. UFO incident reports received are then
coordinated with Mrs. Idabel Epperson, MUFON
state-section director for the Los Angeles area.
LOS ANGELES -- David Branch, co-author of "The
1951 sighting reported . . .
(continued from preceding page)
outer skin as "polished brass." It was perfectly-
round on the top and bottom, and no antenna or
other hardware was visible, she said. It looked
like it was very heavy, said. Mrs. Sowell. The
craft reportedly came so. close to the witnesses
that they could see the partitions between the
rows of rectangular "windows" that looked like
mesh symbols. She said there was no visible means
of propulsion.
"No one on earth that I know about—and my
husband is-a pilot—knows how to suspend a craft
in the middle of the air with no moving parts,"
said Mrs. Sowell. "I felt at the time that there
was an intelligence greater than ours." She adds,
however, that "I don't think there are any alien
beings wafidering around here, and I am not a UFO
•nut' or anything." - (Clipping sent by Betty R.
Parker)
Continuing UFO" column in The Register, Santa
Ana, Calif. , presented an illustrated lecture,
"UFOs Over California," March 21 to the Greater
Los Angeles Chapter of the American Society for
Industrial Security.
Branch, author of the forthcoming book, In-
quiry At Red lands, and co-owner: of the exclusive
personal files and papers of the late Capt. Ed-
ward J. Ruppelt, former head of the Air Force's
Project Blue Book, .has become more and more in
demand as a lecturer in Southern California. In
addition, he has served frequently as a panelist
in TV and radio "specials' dealing with the UFO
issue.
LOS ANGELES -- On March 21, KFWB. Radio's even-
ing news program aired an interview on its "hot-
line" with J.F. "Ben" Herr in San Diego. The in-
terview was apparently triggered by -an AP dis-
patch describing efforts by a group in the San
Diego area to launch a UFO monitoring system.
According to Herr, the project involves some
35 engineers and scientists in the San Diego area
who, assisted by funds from APRO, have developed
a magnetometer capable of sensing a UFO some 15
miles distant.
Under the monitoring project, expected to be-
gin early in April, 15 of the new devices will be
positioned in Southern California. When a UFO is
detected on one or more of the magnetometers , the
group will then try to correlate this "sensing"
with visual sightings.
A 16th magnetometer, according to Herr, will
soon be shipped to Marseille, France, where num-
erous sightings have been reported.
*********
For those interested in Friedman's lecture
Schedule, his itinerary (as of March 27) is fur-
nished here:
May 4 Calif. State U., Long Beach, Cal.
21 College of Marin, Kentfield, Cal.
31 Moorpark, Cal.
June 22 MUFON Symposium, Akron, Ohio.
UFO material for trade—I have many pho-
tos, slides, clippings and books on UFOs
that I will trade for similar UFO material.
Send trade list to: Ron Smotek, 5625 Thomas
St., Maple Hts., Ohio 44137.
 In Others' Words
By Lucius Forish
Reports of French UFO sightings may be found
in the April 7 and April 28 issues of NATIONAL
ENQUIRER. The ENQUIRER is still off-ring a
$50,000 reward for proof of an extraterrestrial
UFO.
The March 17 NATIONAL TATTLER reported on UFO
sightings by astronauts, including the latest re-
ports from the Skylab astronauts, plus summaries
of public statements on UFOs by the American
spacemen.
MIDNIGHT continues to feature some rather
questionable material dealing with alleged UFO
contacts in Florida and South America. These
articles may be found in the March 18 and March
25 issues of the newspaper.
A re-hash of recent sightings and speculations
about UFOs and blackouts are featured in the
March 3 issue of NATIONAL INSIDER . The March 24
issue recaps the Aurora affair, while the April
14 issue contains another article on the Llanca
contact case from South America.
The March issue of YANKEE' contains an article
summarizing the Betty fj Barney Hill contact case.
This contains a small amount of new information,
but is largely familiar material.
The April issues of TRUE and ARGOSY feature
articles dealing with the 1973 flap. Again,
mostly re-hash.
BEYOND REALITY for April presents an interview
with Erich von Daniken which is of some interest.
Von Daniken's fourth book, IN SEARCH OF THE GODS,
is due to be published in England in. June, so an
American edition will probably not be far behind.
Jerome Clark presents an interesting article on
the Piedmont, Mo., UFO uproar in the May issue-of
FATE. Some interesting drawings and eyewitness
reports make this worthwhile.
John Keel returns to the pages of SAGA with an
article on invisible UFOs in the May issue.
Keel's column, "Ancient Astronauts, Modern Mys-
teries," may also be foimd in this issue.
The first quarterly issue of the SAG\ UFO RE-
PORT is now on the stands. Perhaps half the arti-
cles in this issue contain new material, with the
remainder being reprints from various back issues
of SAGA.
The renewed public interest in UFOs, stemming
largely from the recent flap, has brought forth
several reprints of older UFO books. Adamski's
BEHIND THE FLYING SAUCER MYSTERY, Fuller's IN-
CIDENT AT EXETER, Monger's FROM OUTER SPACE,
Michel's THE TRUTH ABOUT FLYING SAUCERS and Wil-
kins' FLYING SAUCERS UNCENSORED are among those
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now available on newsstands.
Other recent paperbacks include Josef Blum-
rich 's THE SPACESHIPS OF fiZEKIEL, Alan § Sally
Landsburg's IN SEARCH OF ANCiENT MYSTERIES, James
M. McCampbell's UFOLOGY.Brinsley Le Poer Trench's
TEMPLE OF THE STARS, Ralph Blum's BEYOND EARTH
and W. Raymond Drake's GODS AND SPACEMEN IN THE
ANCIENT WEST. Complete reviews of these titles
and others will appear in future columns.
Forthcoming hardcover books on UFOs and related
subjects include Dr. Frank Salisbury's UFO DIS-
PLAY OVER UTAH, MYSTERIES OF THE EARTH by Jacques
Bergier, and .THE SIRIUS MYSTERY by Robert K. G.
Temple. These latter two titles are to be pub-
lished in England, with possible American edi-
tions to follow. We also understand that John
Keel and Phillip J. Klass both have books coming
out in early 1975.
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Ezekiel, engineering, and theology
The Spaceships of Ezekiel, by Josef F. Blumrich
(Bantam Books, 1974, 179 pp., $1.95), is reviewed
by Barry H. Downing, pastor of Northminster Pres-
byterian Church, Endwell, New York, MUFON Relig-
ion Consultant. • .
By Dr. Barry Downing
Since Josef F. Blumrich is a NASA rocket de-
signer, it is not surprising that he has recently
applied for a patent for a new type of wheel sys-
tem for space vehicle landing gear. His new wheel
will give a space vehicle total mobility on the
ground without requiring the wheels to change di-
rection..
His system involves placing something like
small barrels on the rim of the main wheel.
These barrels . can rotate at variable speed in
either direction, independent of the main wheel
rim on which they are mounted. This main wheel
rim also has independent speed and rotation di-
rection control. By controlling the direction
and speed of rotation of both the wheel and the
barrels, the space vehicle riding on these wheels
can move in any desired direction.
While .it is not surprising that Blumrich should age
develop an idea such as this, it is surprising
that his invention was inspired by the "wheel
within a wheel".of Ezekiel, as he explains in his .he does
new book The Spaceships of Ezekiel. His theories
were recently explored on the NBC TV documentary
"In Search of Ancient Mysteries."
According to his exegesis of chapter 1 of
Ezekiel, Blumrich believes vs. 4 describes the
total space vehicle coming toward .Ezekiel as "a
great cloud, with brightness round about it, and
fire flashing forth continually...as it were
gleaming bronze. Ezekiel sees a metallic space
ship with rockets biasing. Connected to this
space vehicle are "the likeness of four living
creatures" (vs.5), sometimes called the cherubim,
which are the landing gear. The landing gear
looks something like men, with mechanical arms
attached to them which enable the craft to per-
form a .soft landing. After the vehicle.lands,
the helicopter "wings" drop to the side to avoid
the heat of the rocket unit.
The main space craft unit, referred to as the
"likeness of a firmament, like a shining crystal,
spread out above their (the helicopter units)
heads" (vs. 22), according to Blumrich is shaped
like a child's top. The part which you would
grab to spin the "top" is the command module,
perhaps made of transparent plastic revealing the
pilot's seat; "above the firmament over their
heads there was the likeness of a throne, in ap-
pearance like sapphire" (vs.26). On the throne
is, the likeness of a man, the commander, who
.eventually talks,to Ezekiel.
Blumrich explains the desirability of the "top"
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design as a space craft, including its natural
braking ability while descending in the atmos-
.phere. The'"wheels" of Ezekiel turn out not to be
space craft as some others have suggested, but
rather are real wheels attached to the four heli-
copter units (the living creatures), which form
part of the landing gear.
As Ezekiel says, the unusual wheel construction
which inspired Blumrich1s patent enabled the
space vehicle to travel on the ground "in- any of
their four directions without turning as - they
went" (vs. 17).
These are a few highlights of Blumrich's ex-
egesis, .and I recommend that every serious UFO
student examine this book carefully. Religious
liberals, will not like Blumrich's work because it
treats Ezekiel's "vision" too literally. Many
conservatives will not like it either because it
is too naturalistic. But Blumrich's work repre-
sents one of the most convincing arguments so far
that some, if not several, of the Biblical re-
ports concerning contact between man and angels
can be interpreted in light of our emerging^ space
technology. Certainly this approach does
open a potential Pandora's box for religious
leaders.
Blumrich is an engineer, not a theologian, so
not try to deal with the religious impli-
cations of his exergesis. Neither does he try to
relate Ezekiel's UFO to the pillar of cloud of
the Exodus, the chariot of fire of Elijah, nor
the ascension cloud of Jesus. He has given an
engineer .'s interpretation of what Ezekiel saw.
But someday soon', the theological wheels have to
start turning.
Businessman reports UFO's
SHENANDOAH, PA., EVENING HERALD, NOV. 24,'1973
--R. Michael DeLong, a Robesonia businessman, re-
ported to police that on Nov. 19 he was driving
south of Pottsville when he saw a "V" of five in-
tense red lights speed over the horizon, heading
toward Tumbling Run. "It was pitching toward
earth from 30 degrees off the horizon to the hor-
izon," said DeLong, an experienced pilot.
He estimated that the object or objects trav-
eled at 400 to 500 miles per hour. Because of
the intensity of the lights and the short dura-
tion of the sighting, he said he could not tell
if it was five separate objects flying in forma-
tion, or. whether the five lights were connected
somehow. He said he could not estimate the size
of the objects, but thought they were about 2,000
feet high coming to the horizon. "I know posit-
feet high coming to the horizon. "I know posi-
tively that what I saw was nothing flying that I-
am familiar with," -he concluded.
UFO's and creatures

Pennsylvania sightings continue

By Stan Gordon didn't mention UFO, she just wanted to know if
MUFON State Director, Pennsylvania there were any choppers in the area. She was
told that there was a commercial jet on approach
The year 1974 has so far shown a decrease in from a different direction which she could see,
UFO activity as compared to the previous year. but there were no other aircraft in the area at
The WCUFOSG which serves as a 24-hour statewide that time.
UFO clearing-house has investigated 57 UFO re- Feb. 6-Ohiopyle-At 10 p.m. two witnesses con-
ports as of April 11, 1974. Many of the cases fronted a number of dark, hairy 7 to 8-foot tall
were found to have a logical explanation. The ape-like creatures, walking upright like a man
following are some of the more interesting cases and having eyes of fire that glowed in total
that still are under investigation. darkness. The creatures were seen at the same
Jan. 26-4 a.m., two adults parked in car were time a bright pulsating red light was seen hover-
frightened by a round object the size of a barn, ing a short distance away. Animals including an
that swooped down in front of their parked car Eskimo Spitz were shaking in their cages and
then rose up into the sky at terrific speed. The wouldn't make a sound until following day. State
object had a flat top and ridges around the side Police at the scene were convinced the witnesses
which might have been windows. The car radio was were sincere, and after seeing animal reactions
on at the same time and it became filled with they believed that something unusual did occur.
static until the object departed. This incident Feb. 7-Laurelville-At 12:55 a.m. a man travel-
occurred on Rt. 66 outside of Greensburg. At 7:45 ing between Woodale and Laurelville off of Rt.
a.m. another similar UFO was observed by several 982 saw a 30-foot disc-shaped object about 100
witness near Trafford. feet away and about 150 feet above a field. The
rJan. 27-2 a.m., a number of drivers on the Pa. object had red, green and blue lights on the
Turnpike near Irwin reported to the toll booth bottom and had a solid white top. It made a hum-
operators that they had observed UFO's simultane- ming sound and there was a strong chemical smell
ously. A number of witnesses reported what look- in the area.
ed like (2) bright car headlights moving through Feb. 27-9:20 p. m. Uniontown State Police
the sky in a descending fashion. A lone woman alerted UFO Control Center. A man in S. Union
driver who would have been in the area where Twp. reported that he saw 2 bright lights in the
others saw the lights descend was in a near hys- sky that he at first took to be helicopters. Both
terical mood when she reported that she had seen lights were at low altitude. Suddenly one of .the
2 bright lights like headlights in the sky to her lights disappeared. In a few seconds the light
left. She said they suddenly disappeared and in appeared to rest on the ground about h to a mile
a few seconds they appeared parallel with her away. The light after about a minute disappeared
car. The lights were very bright and shining from the ground and the light in the sky also
down on an angle towards the road. The lights vanished. State police dispatched 2 cars to the
appeared to be attached to a dark shape which al- area to search, but nothing could be located.
so had red lights mounted on it. The object made March 12-9:10 until 10:05 p.m. Small flap in
no sound but managed to keep up easily with the about a 25-mile area of Greensburg. The first
car that was far exceeding the 60 mph turnpike reports from Jeanette - indicated that a formation
speed limit. The woman said what frightened her of 3 lights, consisting of two smaller white
most was the fact that as long as the .object lights with the larger one below them were moving
would follow next to her car, her automobile at a-low altitude over the tree tops and moving
would constantly lose power as if the car was go- much too slowly for aircraft. The two smaller
ing to stall out. When the object departed her lights disappeared after about 3 minutes, and the
car operated normally. larger light then moved east. Reports then came
Jan. 28-10:30 p.m., Sewickley (Near Pittsburgh) into UFO Control Center from residents in the
two women reported observing a very large silver Eastern sections of the county. A bright light
fuselage-shaped object descending to an altitude as well as balls of blue lights were reported
of about 150 feet above a group of trees before hovering near the Hempfield High School. State
it moved out of sight. The object had a bright Police Troop A at Greensburg called UFO Control
light in front and back, and there was also a red Center to confirm the reports, then dispatched
light in front. The object was about a \ of a 27cars to the area. The objects seemed to move
mile away and no sound was heard. One of the back and forth between Carbon, Hempfield, Fort
women is quite familiar with aircraft because of Allen and Jeanette. A UPI photographer called
her husband's former occupation, and realizing control to inform them that he was trying to
that it was something unusual she called the con- obtain photos of the objects, but that their
trol center at Greater Pittsburgh Airport. She intensity was too weak. He said what his family

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was watching appeared like blue-white stars. The
object would come out of the . SE and move west/
They observed a total of .4 objects each follow-
ing the same path about a ^ minute apart. When
the 1st one came across it hovered a short time
then flashed a few times-and continued on its
way. At least two of our investigators who were
dispatched to the areas observed lights that 'they
couldn't explain. In both cases'the objects took
off at high speed before they could obtain a pic-
ture or a better ;look. . —. ' -;.
March 13-8:30 p. m.-West Newton-a fellow on a
deserted back road reported that he saw a cluster
of lights in the sky. ahead of him. Suddenly the
lights dived down to ,within a .foot of the car
roof. The lights continued to move over top of
the car until they were out of sight. The'witness
said that as the lights approached, the radio be-
came filled with static and his headlights became
very dim. He also.mentioned that his battery com-
.pletely discharged, to -40 as indicated on his
ampmeter. His car .didn't stall out, however.
Immediately after the incident as the witness
continued home, he instantly . became very tired
and couldn't keep his eyes open. He in fact had
a slight accident and.hit a guard rail. .The wit-
ness stated that he never became . so suddenly
tired as on this occasion.
March 23-12:55 a.m.-Hanover Twp.-Two Game Com-
mission officers on patrol saw 300 yards away
from their-car,an object "like a giant fuselage"
about 6 times the length of their car. The object
from the windows reminded them of the old pullman
railroad cars. There was no sound, and the object
emitted a pulsating•••. light towards the ground.
When the officers got out of the car to observe
it better, it began to move away into a valley.
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Mysterious metal ball
apparently man-made
Dr. J. Allen Hynek has reported after a meet-
ing with the National Enquirer's UFO'Blue Ribbon
Panel in New Orleans April 20 and 21 that the
steel ball found by the Antoine Betz family near
Jacksonville, Fla., is apparently man-made, al-
though still somewhat mysterious.
The ball was found April 6, and examined by
the Navy a few days later. Under the direction
of Chief Petty Officer Chris Berninger, the Navy
concluded that the object was not explosive, and
is made of a high grade stainless steel. In a
telephone interview with Mrs. Betz, MUFON Direc-
tor Walt Andrus was given the following statis-
tics: the ball is 7.96 inches in diameter,
weights 21.34 pounds, and has an outer shell a-
bout one-half inch thick (which would apparently
withstand a pressure of 120,000 pounds per square
inch). Mrs. Betz says there are three or four
smaller spheres inside the ball, which rattle and
move about when the ball is shaken, and there are
no detactable seams to indicate a weld or a plug.
The ball is magnetized, and has north and south
magnetic poles which are about 150 degrees apart.
Mrs. Betz says the ball can roll about on a
flat table top, apparently under its own power,
in a non-concentric circle for as long as ten
minutes--without rolling off the table. She says
the ball displays maximum activity on bright,
sunny days. She also reports a possible high-
pitched sound being radiated when the ball is in
motion, probably above 15,000 hertz in frequency,
but within a dog's hearing range (the Betz toy
poodle reportedly began to whimper and cover its
ears when placed near the ball).
An identification of the ball was not avail-
able as Skylook went to press, nor were the full
reports of the examinations by the Navy and the
Enquirer panel available. Any additional infor-
maiton of significance will be reported in future
issues.
North Carolinian reports light in sky
A report by Mrs. Dean Sprehe of Charlotte, N.
C., of a strange light in the sky has been for-
warded to Skylook by her sister, Mae Jannett of
Beckmeyer, 111.
Mr. and Mrs. Sprehe and son .Russel were driv-
ing on 85 near Freedom Drive at about 6:30 to
6:45 p. m., Oct. 26, 1973, when, they reportedly
noticed an object northeast of the Richway store
about 600 to 1,000 feet high. "At first I thought
it was 'Snoop' the police helicopter," said Mrs.
Sprehe. "At.first it just hovered in one spot and
lights blinked on and off, then it started to
move across the sky slowly, then suddenly speed-
ed up and made very erratic zig zag movements and
just-disappeared. We could hear no noise."
 UFO's Behind the Iron Curtain
By Joe Brill

On Thursday, Nov. 23, 1967, between 8:45 and

9:00 p. m. three Unidentified Flying Objects were
observed over the city of Zagreb, Yugoslavia. The
UFO's were observed by many people in that city
and several members of the Croatian Natural Sci-
ence Society Astronomy Department viewed this
phenomenon and took photographs of it.
The members of the society were gathered to-
gether for a meeting at the Observatory at
Popov's Tower when the UFO's were seen.
"It was around 8:45 p.m.," said Zoran Farcich,
a senior at the high school at Tresnjevka. "I
stood at a window and all of a sudden I could not
believe my eyes. Southeast under the star Alde-
baran, in the constellation of Steer, I sighted
three bright objects; that is, three glowing dots
which eminated bluish colors. It appeared that
two of the objects were motionless, while the
third moved in the distance. Immediately, I ran
to my photo laboratory and asked my colleague to
get a camera and take some photographs of this
occurence. I had a very difficult time convinc-
ing him that this was not a joke."
"Really, I could not believe it at first,"
stated Damir Gradish, a student at the school for
applied arts. "I ran toward the window and there
I saw two bright and one darker objects. We al-
ways keep cameras ready and it did not take me
long to get a camera with a tripod and to take
some pictures. I used "Agfa" film of 32 dins and tion about the so called flying saucers, and they
I exposed it for two minutes. All the while I were always discounted by scientific analysis.
could observe the bright objects and follow them But, in my opinion it is impossible that the pic-
with my binoculars." tures taken by Damir show any of the known celes-
At the same time Zoran called upon Darko Fej- trial bodies. You see, these are three objects of
zagich, a most articulate young student at the fairly intensive brightness. Under similar con-
Tresnjevka High School, to take a small "Zeis" ditions it is impossible to see such objects in
telescope and observe the bright objects. the sky. Here we are dealing with something very
"I also saw these three objects, but by the out of the ordinary and unknown."
time I had set up the telescope they were gone.,I There was a great deal of excitement among the
really don't know what to make out of this ap- members of the Astronomy Department which was
pearance. They could not have been satellites, only understandable. They had managed to observe
since it would not be possible to have three along with many other Zagreb citizens and to se-
satellites together like that, and even if .they cure documented proof of the unusual appearance
were synchronized to fly together, they certainly in the sky on Nov. 23, 1967. What were those ob-
could not have had such a brightness and intens- jects seen? The only answer we can conclude is
ity. Besides all of this, the satellites would that they were three Unidentified Flying Objects.
have had to follow a specific trajectory and On that same day at 7:30 p.m. a UFO was sighted
maintain a certain speed." near Kolasin. UFO's were also'reported to have
been seen over Niksich and the village of Slatine
The young members of the society were at a loss in Yugoslavia.
to explain the origin of these objects. These are the facts of what was seen that day,
Another member of the Astronomy Department, and it all took place during a period of time
Kresimir Cosich, a graduate of the high school, when Yugoslavia was'having one of the largest UFO
stated; "We have often received various informa- flaps to occur in that country.
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Close look at wildly-lighted UFO reported
WEATHERFORD, OKLA., NEWS, NOV. 30,
1973--Darrel Nickels, a 19-year-old
carpenter, reportedly got a close-
up view of a wildly-lighted UFO a-
bout 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 29, and his
sighting seemed to be at least par-
tially verified by other sightings
that same night.
Nickels relates that he was driv-
ing on a rural road near Dead Wo-
man 's Crossing when he spotted what
he at first thought was a helicop-
ter. "The top part of the thing was
covered with about 30 flashing red,
white, and blue lights like the kind
on top of ambulances and police
cars," he said.
He continued to drive slowly to-
ward the bridge, and the craft hov-
ered about 30 feet to one side and
above the crossing. He slowly drove
across the bridge until he was about
30 feet from the object, where he
stopped his car and shut off the en-
gine. He could hear no sound. "I
looked for about three minutes, I
guess. Then a bright light came on
from the side of the object and This drawing of the UFO reported by Darrel Nickels was made
shined up and down the creek," he by Weatherford police officer Kenneth Butler from information
related. "I took off north down the provided by Nickels.
road."
Describing the object to police, he said it was Nickels sighting, and were spaced as if the UFO
16.to 20 feet wide, 9 to 10 feet high, and had was continuing southwest.
several "pads." It had about 30'flashing red, and
white, and blue lights; did not seem to notice
his car; and made no noise. Nickels said the Hundreds see UFO over Italy
craft appeared to have a silver dome and a"darker Hundreds of residents of Milan, Italy, sighted
band on the bottom third of the object. an Unidentified Flying Object swirling above the
The report by Nickels was one of several re- city March 28. Witnesses told police that the
ports, including 35 to 40 phone calls to the object, flashing green lights, moved above the
Weatherford police and a dozen persons coming di- Cathedral Square and was visible for nearly two
rectly to the polico station, according to hours. Police used floodlights in an attmept to
Weatherford police dispatcher Jimmy King. Follow- identify the object.
ing Nickels' sighting, King sent a teletype to Police gave no explanation for the phenomenon.
state authorities about the sighting, and in a Milan airports reported that nothing unusual had
few minutes he received a reply from Blackwell appeared on their radars. Similar appearances of
that one of their police officers had also re- Unidentified Flying Objects were reported from
ported seeing strange moving lights in the sky. the Piedmont and Venetian regions of Italy in the
Most of the reports on Nov. 29 had one thing in past few months. (Reported on Paul Harvey News,
common: they occurred near the same creek as the Chicago, March 29, 1974. Submitted by Joe Brill)

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Author of famous report
Physicist Edward Condon dies
Physicist Edward Condon, who headed a panel of
scientists at the University of Colorado employed
by the Air Force in 1966 .to study UFO's, died
March 26 at Boulder, Colo., at the age of 72.
His famous 1,500-page report, which sold about
200,000 copies, claimed that "there is no evi-
dence" that flying saucers exist. The report
said, "It is regarded by scientists today as es-
sentially certain that intelligent life exists
elsewhere, but with essentially no possibility
of contact between the communities on planets as-
sociated with different stars. We therefore con-
clude that there is no relation between intelli-
gent life elsewhere in other " solar systems and
UFO phenomena as observed on Earth." The report
said that Earth could not expect to be visited by
spaceships from other solar systems for at least
10,000 years.
The Condon Report was widely attacked by such
persons and groups as Dr. J. Allen Hynek; Major
Donald E. Keyhoe; NICAP; Congressman J. Edward
Roush, chairman of the 1968 Congressional hear-
ings on UFO's; the 35,000-member American Insti-
tute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, which in-
cluded the majority of leading aerospace scien-
tists; and a number of others. (Author Frank Ed-
wards suffered a fatal heart attack while plan-
ning an expose of the procedures being used by
Condon.)
Dr. Condon was well known as a non-believer in
UFO's even before the Colorado study was made.
The day after the project was announced, he said,
"It is highly improbable they exist." Not long
after the study was underway, Condon was quoted
in the Rocky Mountain News as saying, "We have to
take it on faith that the Air Force is not trying
to deceive us...Maybe they are.. I don't care
much." On Jan. 25, 1967, three months after the
study began, he was quoted as telling two scien-
tific societies in New York that the Air Force
did not take UFO's seriously. "My attitude right
now is that there's nothing to it, but I'm not
supposed to have a conclusion until we finish."
Condon and the project administrator, Robert
J. Low, had been given the exclusive authority to
select which cases the group of scientists would
study, and they selected only about 100 out of an
estimated 15,000 which were made available to
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them. Of those which were selected, some had al-
ready been labeled doubtful by NICAP, which had
cooperated in providing reports.
Low's attitude toward the study is apparently
revealed in his written suggestions to University
of Colorado administrators on Aug. 9, 1966, prior
to becoming project administrator: "In order to
undertake such a project, one has to approach it
objectively. That is, one has to admit the pos-
sibility that such things , (as UFO's) exist. It
is not respectible to give serious consideration
to such a possibility....we would lose more in
prestige in the scientific community than we
could possibly gain by undertaing the investiga-
tion.... Our study would be conducted almost ex-
clusively by non-believers, who although they
couldn't possibly prove a negative result, could,
and probably would, add an impressive body of
evidence that there is not reality to the obser-
vations. The trick would be, I think, to describe
the project so that to the public it would appear
a totally objective study, but to the scientific
community would present the image of a group of
non believers trying their best to be objective,
but having an almost zero expectation of finding
a saucer...."
Many of the scientists assembled to work on
the University'of Colorado study expressed a more
open attitude toward the question of UFO's, but
they could investigate only the cases given them
by Condon and Low. Two of them, Dr. David Saun-
ders (who currently operates the computer at the
University of Colorado where MUFON reports are
tabulated) and Dr. Norman Levine, were instrumen-
tal in attempting to put pressure on Condon and
Low to investigate the better cases and to ac-
tually interview witnesses in such cases. For
these efforts, both Dr. Saunders and Dr. Levine
were removed from the project. Dr. Saunders later
recounted his experience in his book UFOs? Yes!
As noted in a related article in this month's
Skylook, Dr. Condon continued to defend his anti-
UFO views until he died.
(Reported by Bob Kirkpatrick; some of the back-
ground material was taken from .Maj. Kehoe's
latest book, Aliens from Space, Doubleday and
Co., Garden City, N.Y., $7.95, which covers the
Condon project' thoroughly.)
Additional information reported
on cloud-like Concorde photos
Two accounts concerning the object photographed
June 30, 1973, by a French Concorde aircraft fly-
ing over central Africa during an eclipse (March
Skylook) have been received by Skylook:
Jacques Bonabot, GESAG director in Belgium,
said on March 21 that his group has checked out
press reports and "made a special research with
the French scientists," and "we know what occurr-
ed. The case remains unidentified, but no pos-
sible speculation is given. So'the. whole discus-
sions were made in a too swiftly series of events
in the press and TV." Bonabot promised details
in the June issue of the group's magazine, which
of course has not been received yet. .
Vicente-Juan Ballester Olmos of • Valencia,
Spain, told .Skylook March 23, that "Dr. Claude
Poher of the Centre Spatial de Toulouse, one of
the scientists more deeply involved in the evalu-
ation of the Concorde photo, has informed me in a
private letter that their analyses have showed
the object to be a 1 "high altitude meteoroid dis-
integration cloud, " and thus an IFO rather than
a UFO.
'No evidence'
Dr. Condon a non-believer to the end
EDITOR'S NOTE: The following appeared in the
March 6, 1974, edition of the Santa Ana, Calif.,
Register. It was written only three weeks before
Dr. Condon died, thus indicating that the well-
known scientist had not changed his public views
concerning UFO's.
By David Branch and Robert B.. Klinn
Although over 15 million Americans believe that
they have seen unidentified flying objects
(UFOs), one famous physicist at the University of
Colorado says that they are all 'mistaken. Dr.
Edward U. Condon, writing last month to readers
of the "National' Enquirer" newspaper, stated that
when "UFO reports .and photos are not faked and
can be tracked down, they always turn out to be
sightings of a natural phenomenon."
Condon thus maintains a staunchly anti-UFO at-
titude first expressed eight years ago during his
days as head of the Air Force-funded University
of Colorado UFO study—an attitude responsible for
hindered research and decreased news coverage of
UFO's for the last 5 years. For in his influen-
tial final 'report, released in January, 1969,
Condon concluded that "nothing has come from the
study of UFOs during the past 21 years..." and
"further extensive study of UFOs probably cannot
be justified..." ("The Scientific Study of Uni-
dentified Flying Objects," Bantam: New York,
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Disc reported in Alaska
FAIRBANKS, ALASKA, DAILY NEWS-MINER, MARCH
19, 1974--A Ketchikan physician and his family
said they watched an object south of the city for
about ten minutes on March 18. The doctor said
it was moving, from east to west'at a high rate of
speed, stopped suddenly, then reversed direction.
He described it as disc-shaped, and said.it made
several "back and forth movements" and glowed -
from gray to red to bluish green before fading
from view in a southerly direction.
About an hour later a group of people at the
Ketchikan ferry terminal said they saw another
object low on the horizon. Coast Guard and FAA
officials said there were no reports of aircraft
in the vicinity at the time. The sightings
brought to three the number reported since March
14 when a state trooper and state ferry employees
reported a glowing object. (Submitted by Mrs.
Jean Anderson)
1969, p.l.)
An examination of the Condon Report itself,
however, indicates that Condon's recent state-
ments are in disagreement with facts discovered
by his own Colorado Project staff. If UFO re-
ports "always turn out to be sightings of a na-
tural phenomenon," one might ask, why did the
Condon Project fail to explain 30 per cent of the
total number of cases it examined?
Condon also stated in last month's letter: "I
undertook a thorough investigation of the many
reported sightings of UFOs." The Condon committee
actually looked at only about 100 UFO cases—a
small fraction of the estimated (at that time) 5
million total sightings; or the over 10,000 re-
ports in Air Force files.
The physicist also wrote; "The Condon Report
shows that in no case was there any evidence to
support...(th) out-of-space theory."
One wonders why Dr. Condon did not mention'
Case 2 in his letter. This dramatic event in-
volved a combination radar-visual tracking of a
UFO AT Lakenheath, England, August 13-14, 1956.
An unknown object out-manuevered and flew faster
than pursuing jet aircraft. The Condon Report
concluded: "In summary, this is the most puzzling
and unusual case in the radar-visual files. The
apparently rational, intelligent behavior of the
UFO suggests a mechanical device of unknown ori-
(.continued on next page)
 Strange light in sky drops orange stream
Following is a report investigated by Mrs.
Idabel Epperson, MUFON Director for Southern Cal-
ifornia:
Environmental Factors: 56 degrees, clear,
mostly calm (slight wind from east), bright moon.
James F. Clinker, a former fighter pilot and
former policeman, was driving, from Glendale,
Calif., west on Foothill Blvd. about 11:40 p.m.
on April 12, 1974, when he noticed "a very bright
orange light" to his left. He estimated that the
light was about five miles south of him, and a-
bout two miles west of Haynes Canyon Road. He got
out of his car to watch the object. Clinker esti-
mated the object was about 700 feet high, and
traveling north about 20 miles per hour when
first observed. He said the light did not flick-
er, and was too bright to be a candle or a flash-
Dr. Condon a non-believer to the end . . .
(continued from previous page)
gin as the most probable explanation of this
sighting." (Condon Report, p. 164.)
Or one can cite Case 46 (pp. 396-407)—the fam-
ous McMinnville, Oregon photographs of a disc-
shaped object, taken May 11, 1950. The Condon
analyst concluded: "...all factors investigated,
geometric, psychological and physical, appear to
be consistent with the assertion that an extra-
ordinary flying object, silvery, metallic, disk-
shaped, tens of meters in diameter, and evidently
artificial, flew within sight of two witnesses."
(p. 407.)
(In the light of such evidence, one scientist
commented: "I seriously wonder if Dr. Condon read
his own report before writing his conclusions.")
Condon further stated in his letter to the
"Enquirer" that "when people do witness an actual
event, their descriptions of it vary so widely
that they cannot be used as scientific proof of
that event."
Again an incident in the Condon report contra-
dicts this remark. Case 18 (pp. 300-305) details
investigation of "descriptions of objects known to
have been hot-air balloons. The Condon staff con-
cluded that a "comparison of the event as des-
cribed by the launchers with the reports of acci-
dental witnesses reveals obvious similarities re-
garding size, shape, color, and relative position
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light hoax. Clinker said the obj,ect was larger
than a full moon. The object stopped moving at
one point for about two seconds. When about two
miles from him, the object turned west, traveled
about an eighth of a mile, and then went south
again. On four occasions the object•dropped an
orange-colored fire which was darker than the
light, and which was thick at the top and narrow-
er as it neared the ground, he said. Clinker said
he saw no outline of any craft, due to the dark-
ness and the intensity of the light. The object
disappeared behind some hills about ten miles
south of the witness, according to his report.
Clinker notes that he has not had a drink of al-
coholic beverage for more than 20 years. In his
only previous sighting, he and about 20 neighbors
saw a UFO about 2:00 in the afternoon in 1947.
of the objects...the degree of similarity between
the reports is note-worthy, especially since
times of observations and locations of observers
were not the same...In summary, we have a number
of reports that are highly consistent with one
another..."
One of the most puzzling and perhaps revealing
statements that Condon made in his letter is that
the Air Force has "spent a minimal amount of time
on the (UFO) problem during the past 4 or 5
years." Officially, the Air Force has spent no
time on UFOs. One wonders if the "minimal" time
referred to by Condon is an inadvertent admission
of suspected secret research projects.
Two questions remain unanswered: in light of
the high percentage of unexplained UFO cases in
the Condon Report, including the sightings by
American Astronauts, why did Condon conclude that
there is no reason to conduct further research?
And why does Dr. Condon, five years after release
of his report, continue to issue statements at
variance with known facts about UFOs?
Nuclear physicist Stanton T. Friedman, an in-
ternationally known .UFO authority, states: "Con-
don's contribution to the University of Colorado
study was certainly negative and his actions
since the publication of the Study even more so."
Copyright 1974 by Robert B. Klinn and David
Branch. .
U-HoulorUFO-Haul?
Brothers report chase by flying lights
The following report was investigated by Robert
J. Kirkpatrick, MUFON investigator and West Coast
Coordinator for Skylook:
Environmental conditions—clear, about 20 de-
grees, calm, many stars.
Larry E. Kinsley, 37, and his brother Robert
were moving their parents' furniture in a U-Haul
truck from Buhl, Idaho, to Hemet, Calif., when
the reported sighting occurred. At about 4:15
a.m.., as they were traveling on Highway 93 about
50 miles north of McGill, Nev., near Cherry Creek
Mountain, Larry was awakened by his brother, who
was driving,and told that a UFO was following the
truck. Larry did not take his brother seriously,
and went back to sleep. About 10 minutes later,
Larry was again awakened, and this time saw a
round, orange object that appeared to be ten feet
off the desert floor. "I couldn't tell how far
away it was," he said.
C4- We of road
Rema ins
O
O After flagging down a car and getting a ride
and
"I then looked out the right side of the cab
and saw three more smaller objects that were
higher up and were blue. One of them was flick-
ering off and on. The other two remained con-
stant." Larry was told by his brother that the
orange object had been on the right side of the
truck, and had passed the truck, crossed over the
road, and come up to the left side of the cab.
"We were moving at about 55 miles per hour," said
Larry, "and at that moment it felt like we had
been hit by a blast of wind or force field,"which
made the truck seem to float and sway above the
highway. The lights on the truck flickered on
and off, and the engine started to miss." Robert
then reportedly lost control of the truck. Be-
fore Robert could stop, the transmission selector
jumped out of "drive" into "neutral," and the
truck coasted to a stop.
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silver
£e<L
Said Larry, "As we sat there in the middle of
the road with the motor running, we observed a
huge silver metal ball with a dome on top and
sharp wings, standing still over a hill to the
left. It was pulsating."
Larry explained that "we were scared half to
death as we observed a huge light on the road in
front of us that had a red light on top of it.
We thought it was moving toward us. It appeared
to be maybe a mile ahead of us. I got out of the
truck and shined my flashlight at it, but nothing
happened. I then looked under the truck to dis-
cover the drive shaft turning." He got back into
the truck,"fearing for my life," and the brothers
watched the light move closer. "We felt that we
were in a vacuum of some kind and isolated from
the rest of the world." This lasted about 20
minutes, "then it seemed to disappear and it was
over."
to McGill, they obtained another U-Haul truck and
returned to the scene. "After we unloaded the
truck, he (the station man) had to shove it off
the highway, as both wheels would not move," said
Larry. "I don't know if it was mechanical failure
or whether it was the UFO's that disabled us. I
guess I will always wonder the rest of my life."
Robert B. Klinn and David Branch, in a column
in the Santa Ana Register, wrote that in an in-
terview the U-Haul dealer said that the entire
rear end of the truck had to be replaced—the
tires, the rear axle, the outside housing, and
the gears. The dealer said that when the tow
truck lifted the rear of the U-Haul truck the
rear wheels "just fell right off."
The witnesses are both salesmen: Larry sells
real estate, and Robert sells for National
drinks. Larry summarized their experience by
stating, "We were both of sound mind and body,
and we both saw the Objects together and experi-
enced the same feelings."
 UFO over Turin, Italy, chased
and seen on airport radar
Astronomy NATIONAL ENQUIRER, FEB. 10, 1974--0n Nov. 30,
1973, at Caselle Airport in Turin, Italy, pilot

Notes Riccardo Marano was returning rom a flight in a

small plane when the control tower informed him
that a UFO was hovering high over the runway.
By Mark Herbstritt "Suddenly, when I was about 2% miles from the
MAY SKY runway," explains Marano, "I saw it--an enormous
luminous globe giving out a tremendous light
Mercury--is too close to the Sun for observa- which went from violet to blue and even red. I'll
tion. admit I was frightened, but when it moved away as
Venus--is a morning star rising in the east if it had spotted me, I followed it."
about an hour before the Sun. He said the object was traveling about 300
Mars--is in the west and sets three hours af- miles per hour, and that he followed it for a-
ter sunset. while before deciding he was running low on fuel.
Jupiter--is in Aquarius. It rises about 2%. "So I hit the throttle and lunged for it," said
hours before the Sun and is well up in the south- Marano, "but it took off with a whoosh—straight
east by dawn. up in the air at about 3,500 miles an hour--and
Saturn--is in Gemini. It is in the west and disappeared completely. Whatever it was, it sure
sets about 3 hours after sunset. could travel. I've never seen anything like it."
The Aquarid meteor shower occurs from may 1-6. The only official comment was made by Col.
Franco Rusticelli, the airport's base chief: "On
the evening of Nov. 30, a luminous object was
seen either stationary or moving very slowly west
Two reports of strange lights of the airport. It was picked up on radar. Noth-
sent from Fayette County, Iowa ing similar has been seen before, and we had no
air activity at the time." He confirmed Marano's
Two reports of strange lights in the sky have pursuit of the object.
been forwarded to Skylook by Fayette County Iowa Livio Patrini, ground controller at the air-
State Section Director LeRoy R. Lathem. port, said, "I can confirm the object was sighted
The first sighting was made at 1:30 a.m., Oct. on radar and chases by the pilot of a plane. At
15, 1973, by a Mrs. Hibbens, of Oelwein, la., who the time the sky was clear, the moon was full,
was ganging up laundry when the whole sky ap- and visibility was excellent. Before it disap-
peared to light up, she reported. There was an peared I watched it in the sky for at least 10
object about tree level with white lights, she minutes."
said, and the lights were outlining the shape and Six days before the airport sighting, Franco
criss-corssing trhough the middle of the object. Contin, a University of Turin biology student,
She said she watched it for a minute, and it claims to have photographed a bright object in
slowly started to move upward, making a swishing the area, and newspapers received several other
sound. Mrs. Hibbens said the object looked like reports at the time. Contin said that he and
a football all lit up. Her son came out of the Margarita Belmondo were sitting outside his house
house and saw the object as it went out of sight, when they saw the object. "First it was lunin-
according to the report. ous, and then it was dull, and then it would go
A second sighting was made at 6:10 p. m., red like a burning ball," he said. "I grabbed my
Oct. 32, by Mrs. Goldie Fox, of Oelwein, who. was camera and got a couple of shots. When I de-
driving east on Highway 57 about four miles east veloped the film at home I was absolutely stun-
of Cedar Falls when she reportedly noticed a ned. One print showed a distinct cigar-shaped
solid bright green light, shaped like a football, outline, and another showed it like a ball of
coming from her left about 200 feet high. She light disappearing behind a hill." Miss Belmondo
stated that there was no noise or flashing light. said the object had moved across the sky "in a
After watching it for one minute as it slowly straight line, and then took off vertically at
moved across the highway before disappearing incrediable speed."
from sight, she resumed her normal speed. She Domenico de Franceso, a security guard at the
reports that a truck driver in front of her also airport, said he had sighted the object several
apparently saw the object, since he hit his times before Contin had taken his photos on Nov.
brakes, causing her to apply hers. 24. (Submitted by John Schuessler.)
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